Module 09 Discussion - Culture of Safety In this discussion, emphasis is on awareness of client...

Module 09 Discussion - Culture of Safety

In this discussion, emphasis is on awareness of client quality and safety and in particular what is a "culture of safety."

Based on the review of the following websites at the Institute of Healthcare Improvement and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality answer the following questions.

What values ensure a culture of safety?

How can healthcare facilities establish a culture of safety?

What is the nurse's role in maintaining a culture of safety?

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A 'culture of safety' describes the core values and behaviors that come about when there is a collective and continuous commitment by organizational leadership, managers and health care workers to emphasize safety over competing goals.(https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/work-environment/health-safety/culture-of-safety)

Some of the values that ensure a safety culture are efficiency in work, proficiency, establishing trust , good communication skills ,involving in team work and mostly all together working towards quality ,safety of patient.

Healthcare facilities should set safety as a priority aim, provide formal training, formulate procedures & policies towards safety and review it periodically, assist the employees in preventing breach of safety, encourage teamwork and communication.Moreover a health care facility should be committed towards quality and safety of patient.

Nurse should follow her ethical principles to enhance the safety of patient and provide a quality care.Nurse should always be committed towards care of patient,work as a team,communicate efficiently ,monitor the safety of patient, any errors created should be reported and resolved, donot be biased, be a good listener .Nurses are strong patient safety advocates and we continue to retain the title of the most trusted healthcare professionals. By having a heightened sense of awareness and minimizing distractions during high-risk tasks, such as medication administration and handoff reporting; speaking up when we have a patient safety or clinical practice concern; embracing evidenced based practice (https://journals.lww.com/nursingmadeincrediblyeasy/Fulltext/2017/07000/Our_safety_culture.1.aspx)

Ref:1.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK216181/

2.https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/work-environment/health-safety/culture-of-safety

Nightingale answered 2 years ago

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